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Alex Sobel vs Richard Foord

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Richard Foord voted the same way 57% of the time, based on 463 shared comparable votes.

266 same votes 197 different votes 463 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 51 No
Migration 99% aligned 67 shared votes
15 Aye 52 No
13 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 94% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 86% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 6 No
Energy 60% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
22 Aye 5 No
Education 11% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
37 Aye 27 No
Tax 27% aligned 64 shared votes
38 Aye 26 No
9 Aye 20 No
Defence 28% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 35% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

71.7%
1% below average
Rank 388 of 649
Participation
61.1%
12% below average
Rank 566 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
664
1,087 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
358
53.9% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
306
46.1% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.6% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

114
+30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 649
Appearances
244
+160.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
142
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 649
Contributions
267
+121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£772,982
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£302,531
34% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

NHS / Health
47 of 52 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
24 of 29 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
74 of 97 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API